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averygoodun42) wrote2011-03-09 10:02 am
averygoodun42) wrote2011-03-09 10:02 am
Census meme and stuff
2011: New England. Going back to school, this time starting off with a community college so as to avoid massive, untenable debt, to train to be an accountant. Started new diet which seems to be helping me solve a number of health problems, though it's slow going and frustrating but is looking like it will give me enough energy to be able to go through with the schooling.
2001: Decided to go back to school after a four year gap. Chose The School of the Art Institute of Chicago. Awesome, awesome school. So, moved to Chicago with boyfriend!Geoff and lived with him for about three months before he found a job in Indianapolis and we ended up having a long distance relationship despite his moving with me to avoid that. The year started off awesomely, no matter how crummy it was at the end.
1991: Boulder. Seventh or eighth grade. Horrible. No memory of either.
1981: Boulder. Two or three years old. Don't remember much about it.
Well, I took Page to his first karate lesson last night, and he loved it. We'll see how much he loves it on Saturday by how quickly he gets dressed for it in the morning. I think he'll actually be raring to go, unless he's still sick.
'Cause, yeah, he's an unhappy little dude right now. Not unhappy enough to be home from school, but we let him slide off the diet for a little while, and... There really is nothing for it but to be strict. It can't just be avoiding wheat and sugar, it has to be avoiding starches, too. Poor guy. It makes school very difficult for him. And school makes the diet very difficult for me, even with the school staff being as supportive as they are. And they really have been fabulous.
I keep hoping that every time he gets a bad tummy from cheating on the diet, he'll get it, but so far, not so much. Geoff is not a big help there, though I think he's finally coming around. Cleaning dirty shorts, pants and bums for a week straight will help with that. D:
But on the plus side, Page has decided he loves broccoli! This makes me so very, very happy. Slowly, ever so slowly, he is adding vegetables to the foods he'll eat. Yay!
As for the diet and me, I've been struck by cravings this week, but I have been a virtuous girl, yes I have. I made a cheesecake for Fat Tuesday (and had one slice), but I have been limiting my honey consumption quite a bit the last two weeks. It's made me very grumpy, but I think that's a good sign, actually. It means I'm probably detoxing, and that is key to my getting healthy.
I have not exactly been limiting my fructose consumption, though, and it's looking unlikely that I will now that I've discovered the incredible yumminess of adding coconut oil to smoothies. OMG, ya'll, it's fabulous! Yesterday's smoothie was about 1 cup (homemade) yogurt, six or seven small, frozen strawberries, half a banana, 1/2 cup orange juice and 2 tablespoons coconut oil. Whomped up, it was incredible. So, SO good. And filling, too, because of the oil!
Aaaaannnnnd... that's about all I can think of. I need to get started on the day. I have little idea of what to start on, though it'll probably be making a pair of sweat pants for Page to wear to karate. I don't know where his other sweat pants got to, and I'm not buying the official outfit until this month's fees run out. Make sure he likes it. Besides which, I've been meaning to make him these sweat pants for about four months now. :-(
2001: Decided to go back to school after a four year gap. Chose The School of the Art Institute of Chicago. Awesome, awesome school. So, moved to Chicago with boyfriend!Geoff and lived with him for about three months before he found a job in Indianapolis and we ended up having a long distance relationship despite his moving with me to avoid that. The year started off awesomely, no matter how crummy it was at the end.
1991: Boulder. Seventh or eighth grade. Horrible. No memory of either.
1981: Boulder. Two or three years old. Don't remember much about it.
Well, I took Page to his first karate lesson last night, and he loved it. We'll see how much he loves it on Saturday by how quickly he gets dressed for it in the morning. I think he'll actually be raring to go, unless he's still sick.
'Cause, yeah, he's an unhappy little dude right now. Not unhappy enough to be home from school, but we let him slide off the diet for a little while, and... There really is nothing for it but to be strict. It can't just be avoiding wheat and sugar, it has to be avoiding starches, too. Poor guy. It makes school very difficult for him. And school makes the diet very difficult for me, even with the school staff being as supportive as they are. And they really have been fabulous.
I keep hoping that every time he gets a bad tummy from cheating on the diet, he'll get it, but so far, not so much. Geoff is not a big help there, though I think he's finally coming around. Cleaning dirty shorts, pants and bums for a week straight will help with that. D:
But on the plus side, Page has decided he loves broccoli! This makes me so very, very happy. Slowly, ever so slowly, he is adding vegetables to the foods he'll eat. Yay!
As for the diet and me, I've been struck by cravings this week, but I have been a virtuous girl, yes I have. I made a cheesecake for Fat Tuesday (and had one slice), but I have been limiting my honey consumption quite a bit the last two weeks. It's made me very grumpy, but I think that's a good sign, actually. It means I'm probably detoxing, and that is key to my getting healthy.
I have not exactly been limiting my fructose consumption, though, and it's looking unlikely that I will now that I've discovered the incredible yumminess of adding coconut oil to smoothies. OMG, ya'll, it's fabulous! Yesterday's smoothie was about 1 cup (homemade) yogurt, six or seven small, frozen strawberries, half a banana, 1/2 cup orange juice and 2 tablespoons coconut oil. Whomped up, it was incredible. So, SO good. And filling, too, because of the oil!
Aaaaannnnnd... that's about all I can think of. I need to get started on the day. I have little idea of what to start on, though it'll probably be making a pair of sweat pants for Page to wear to karate. I don't know where his other sweat pants got to, and I'm not buying the official outfit until this month's fees run out. Make sure he likes it. Besides which, I've been meaning to make him these sweat pants for about four months now. :-(